is mid-October when the comet will be visible in the western sky after astrotwilight for a short period at around 4-8 degrees ...

Many people witnessed their first and perhaps last total solar eclipse in April. The next eclipse will look like a "ring of ...

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS originated from the Oort Cloud, a bubble of ice and dust that surrounds our solar system. It was ...

Matthew Dominick continues to wow us with impressive astrophotography from aboard the International Space Station.

A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is just a day away from its closest encounter with the Sun and it is getting brighter. It has now ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted ...

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The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing ...

What's the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A comet is basically a dirty iceball composed of rock and ice. The classic image is of a bright "star" in the night sky with a long curved ...

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